18 courses with the subject RPK, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
RPK 100Introduction to Recreation, Parks & Leisure Studies3
Lecture hours per week: 3 Includes history and philosophy of the Recreation and Parks movement. Discusses the theory of leisure and play. Analyzes leisure service delivery systems and career opportunities. Emphasizes the commercial, nonprofit and public sectors, Armed Forces, therapeutic recreation as well as volunteer service.
RPK 102Outdoor Recreation in the Appalachian Ecosystem2
Lecture hours per week: 2 Presents an exposure to the diverse biological environment in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Focuses on the unique geology and geography of the region. Additional coverage includes protection of the regions natural resources and the watershed related to outdoor recreation activities and trail projects. 2
Laboratory hours per week: 2 Introduces background knowledge needed to be prepared for a wilderness adventure. Covers what to do in a planned and an unplanned extended wilderness experience. Focuses on what to bring with you and the skills needed to ensure you have a memorable and enjoyable outing. 2
Lecture hours per week: 2 Laboratory hours per week: 2 Includes overview of the history of the outdoor education movement. Concentrates on the basic knowledge and skills necessary to design, implement and present interpretive programs and develop outdoor educational tools. Includes design and construction of interpretive displays using varied materials and forms of presentation media (print, audio-visual, and computer software). Students will be required to create and present an interpretive program or outdoors education instruction tool. 4
Laboratory hours per week: 2 Introduces basic caving techniques, equipment, issues regarding karst resource protection and national organizations dedicated to resource protection, geology and ecology, as well as cave safety.
Introduces kayaking techniques, water classification, conditioning, safety and destination planning. Includes field experience involving kayaking in multiple environments; flat water, ocean and whitewater (may require overnight stay).
Lecture hours per week: 3 Laboratory hours per week: 2 Includes principles of program planning in the recreation setting. Analyzes participants’ needs and demands, as well as social, physical, and psychological characteristics. Explains how to organize and lead programs. Includes a leadership practicum. 5
Completion of concurrent enrollment in RPK Leadership & Supervision.
RPK 140Land Use Ethics1
Lecture hours per week: 1 Examines the impacts of human activity on the outdoor environment, specifically lands used for backpacking, hiking, and camping. Addresses the history and philosophy of the Leave No Trace movement, regarding sustainable backcountry and “at-home” practices, visitor demands and resource management challenges.
Lecture hours per week: 2 Laboratory hours per week: 2 Introduces leadership and supervision in the leisure services industry. Assesses leadership styles, traits and leadership theories and provides the opportunity for students to assess their own individual styles. Addresses group dynamics, conflict, and issue relating specifically to leadership of volunteers. Includes a leadership practicum. 4
Lecture hours per week: 2 Laboratory hours per week: 2 Introduces concepts of facilities planning, site analysis, planning and zoning strategies, landscape design. Emphasizes the creation and maintenance of “People Space”. Presents issues regarding community development, needs assessment, facility planning and design, geographic use patterns and demographics. Includes field experience.
Laboratory hours per week: 2 Teaches the sport of mountain biking, equipment, techniques, basic bicycle repair, and trail safety and etiquette, trail conflict management, trail development and destination planning.
Lecture hours per week: 2 Laboratory hours per week: 2 Examines the role of outdoor professionals in wilderness medicine and the response, care and rescue of outdoor participants in non-urban environments. Provides intensive, in-depth training in the areas of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, patient assessment system, body systems, environmental injuries/conditions, anaphylaxis, lifting/moving/extrication, patient carries, and backcountry medicine. 4
Laboratory hours per week: 4 Presents backpacking skills including destination selection, route planning, gear selection and preparation (individual and group), trip safety and permitting requirements, packing techniques, wilderness medicine and backcountry protocols, food selection and cooking techniques and clothing selection. Presents land use ethic of Leave No Trace, permitting requirements and outdoor skills. 4
Laboratory hours per week: 2 Covers fundamentals of rock climbing, belay skills, gear and hardware specific to sport climbing. Presents climbing techniques, climbing and climb site safety, knots, and equipment care and maintenance. 2
Laboratory hours per week: 4 Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college. Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
Laboratory hours per week: 2 Specializes in career orientation and training program without pay in select businesses and industry, supervised and coordinated by the college. Credit/work ratio may not exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
Requires Completion of a project or research report related to the student’s occupational objectives and a study of approached to the selection and pursuit of career opportunities in the field.
Lecture hours per week: 3 Discusses the law and liability as they relate to the delivery of leisure services. Teaches practitioners legal principles necessary to analyze programs and facilities with respect to safety, emergency preparedness, and accident reporting protocols. Review hiring procedures, ADA compliance, national (CPSC, ASTM, OSHA) and professional standards (NRPA, ACA), certification and training standards (CPRP, CTRS), supervision and the role of maintenance and insurance. Uses case law and national compliance standards to illustrate legal principles.
